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The pronoun and demonstrative pronouns

Lessons 11–13 · 3 lessons · N. Mahmudov, A. Nurmonov, A. Sobirov, D. Nabiyeva, A. Mirzaahmedov. Ona tili (Uzbek language), Grade 7, revised and expanded 4th edition. Ma’naviyat, Tashkent, 2017
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Pronunciation and spelling of demonstrative pronouns

Textbook: p. 22
GoalKnow pronunciation and spelling of demonstrative pronouns: separate writing and the added n.
New words
this here · mana buthat one there · ana shusound insertion · tovush orttirilishisuffix · qo‘shimcha
Explanation

When “mana” and “ana” combine with bu or shu, they are written as separate words: mana bu, ana shu. In everyday speech they shorten to forms like manavi, anovi, and in fiction they are also found written that way. When the dative (-ga), locative (-da) or ablative (-dan) case suffix or a possessive suffix is added to bu, shu, u, o‘sha, the sound n appears between them: bunga, shunda, undan, o‘shanga. The same happens with the suffix -cha: uncha, buncha. With men and sen, on the contrary, one n drops when -ning or -ni is added, and the words are written that way: mening, sening, meni, seni.

Worked examples
Bundan, shunga, unga, o‘shandan — the sound n has been inserted.
Mening kitobim, sening daftaring — one n has dropped.
Class activity

“Is the n right?”: cards show “bunga”, “buga”, “shunda”, “shuda”; choose the correct ones.

Practice
1
How is the pronoun “mana shu” written?
2
Add -ga to: bu, shu, o‘sha.
3
Add -ning and -ni to “men” and describe the change.
4
Why is it “bu+n+da” and not “bu+da”?